Presidential campaigns and democracy

Article Abstract:

Data from the 2000 National Election Survey in the U.S. indicates that voters who lived in battleground states had greater issue knowledge and issue salience than those who lived in states in which television advertisements were not broadcasted. Results provide evidence supporting the importance of presidential campaigns and advertisements and suggest that Electoral College may have a pernicious effect on representative democracy.

Elections, Surveys, Voting research

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Race and gender: An analysis of sources and reporters in the networks' coverage of the 2000 presidential campaign

Article Abstract:

Staff diversity specifically the presence of women and minority reporters was analyzed on 333 campaign stories broadcast by ABC, CBS and NBC during the 2000 presidential campaign. It was observed that stories by women and minority reporters were more likely to use and gave more time and story attention to women, minority non-candidate, experts and ordinary people than by male and White reporters.

Management dynamics, Practice, Women journalists, Women in journalism, Minority journalists

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Communication forms as predictors of issue knowledge in presidential campaigns: A meta-analytic assessment

Article Abstract:

A meta-analytic study to understand the effect of various campaign communication forms such as newspapers, television news, radio, debates, and candidate advertising and personal discussions, on levels of issue knowledge (IK) is conducted. Results found that measures of media use and IK can systematically influence the study results.

Evaluation, Criticism and interpretation, Political advertising, Meta-analysis

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